"Olympic athletes have to display an unnatural ... level of self-discipline in the build-up to big competitions. How else is this going to manifest itself than with a volcanic release of pent-up hedonism?" Syed wrote, according to the New York Post, which cited the Times of London report."

of course there is some casual sex there, but the Huffpo article is typically exaggerating, if you actually read the ESPN article which it quotes as a source, you'll see how Huffpo is all about sensationalist headlines, that's what they do.. for click hits. There are 11,000 athletes and probably more than double that in entourage and staff which means only a few condoms per person - and the fact that they "ran out" doesn't mean they were actually used, all it means for sure is that the person kept them.

watching the "run up" to the elections and the "hopes and dreams" that are built as a result is like watching a dead mouse that is still able to make his exercise wheel go around because his nerves are still twitching that familiar motion...

You do realize they're trolling the media, its a tradition that goes back to the Summer games of 76'

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Stinky shoes, stinky pits, stinky mats, ugly clothing and its all hard on the knees.

Just send me up in the snowy mountains by myself with my friends. A pair of skis and poles.

In my prime I had a Cat take me up above timber line and I manuevered in virgin powder snow around the boulders. The feeling of nature and God minus the greed of and stink of other people was incomparable.

that is true sports,

Not this commercialized snooze fest, Its all about money and marketing, Not about exhilaration or feeling closer to God.

To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.G.I. Gurdjieff

History repeats itself, this stuff has been going on since the dawn of civilization. That being said, it is completely twisted, animalistic, and primal. What bothers me is how nonchalant the attitude towards this is...I've never heard of this and it totally surprised me though